2024-10-12 21:46:00
Coviran Granada conquered his first victory in the Endesa League beating with an indisputable 52-82 Bàsquet Girona, who completed a very gray match and who heard the whistles from the Fontajau pavilion, with a terrible 3/20 in triples (15%), a 31-49 in rebounds and only two players above five rating points. The reaction of the public It was the consequence of the image of Fotsis Katsikaris’ team, the worst of its era in the ACB League with only 52 points, the lowest score in the top category.
Pablo Pin’s team, after losing to Barça (91-65) and Unicaja (68-84), recovered with Noua as MVP (15 points) and six players with at least ten points in the standings. Granada celebrated their first victory against Girona in the ACB, after four defeats in the matches played since both teams were promoted in 2022.
Fotis Katsikaris’ team, for its part, without energy or success, without the injured Juani Marcos and Sergi Martínez, He has not exceeded 15 points in any of the four periods and next weekend he will visit the Real Madrid camp with a record of one win and two defeats and with the obligation to improve after having had one of his worst performances in the Endesa League.
Two very irregular teams
Durham opened the scoring (4-0) against an opponent who needed more than five minutes and ten field goals to score with Rousselle (4-3). After seven minutes, Fontajau’s scoreboard still showed a miserable 6-3, with two very inconsistent teams in front of the opposing goal. They finished the first quarter with 25% (4/16) and 22% (4/22) two- and three-point shooting.
But Granada soon grew and turned the situation around with a 4-11 to close the first period (10-14), with a triple by Vicedo without opposition at the siren. Girona suffers and Katsikaris had to resort to a timeout to stop a 0-10 which risked interrupting the match (10-21). Susinskas and Iroegbu, the two top scorers in the brilliant victory against Baxi Manresa (84-80), respectively committed three personal fouls and 0/5 in shots.
Vicedo fueled the Andalusian lead with his third triple in four attempts (12-24, 16′). Girona, blocked, tried to take a step forward (21-28), but was unable to close the gap due to differences in three-point shots (20% and 37% at halftime) and rebounds (14- 29). The first half ended with 25-33, for a projection of 50-66, and the second half started with five points from Bamforth and two from Valtonen to bring Granada’s maximum lead to 14 points (26-40) and force a new local timeout. . Without associative play, the locals clung to triples, without success (2/12), and Iroegbu. Susinskas reached five fouls with just two points and five minutes on the court.
Katsikaris fails to find a way to tie the game and Granada’s lead exceeds 20 points with a 2+1 from Noua that closes the third quarter (38-60, 13-27). Girona didn’t reach 40 points in half an hour and part of the public began to abandon the stands in Fontajau. Most of those who remained booed the team.
The duel was already resolved and the last quarter only served Fontajau to vent his anger and frustration at the sad image of his team and Granada to increase their lead to 30 points, up to the final 52-82.
Technical data sheet
Basketball Girona (10+15+13+14): Durham (8), Iroegbu (11), Fjellerup (2), Pons (7), Nnaji (2) -starting five-; Caffaro (10), Sibande (8), Ferrando, Fernández (2) and Susinskas (2).
Covirán Granada (14+19+27+22): García (4), Clavell (6), Valtonen (12), Noua (15), Guerrero (6) -fifth starter-; Rousselle (7), Bamforth (12), Tomàs (3), Vicedo (11), Wiley (6) and Ubal.
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